Domestic broiler.



I C. P. DAVITE.

DOMESTIC BROILER.

APPLICATION. FILED MAY 20, 1916.

1,201,704; Patented Oct-17,1916.

ERS cav Puma-1.1mm, WASMINGVON n c @MTED s ares aannr ormon CHARLES P. DAVITE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A SSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T WILLIAM WELLES BOSWORTI-I, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Application filed aya, 1916. -Seria1No;98,8 78..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Crmnnns P. DAVI'IE, a citizen of the United States, residing at 340 East One Hundred and Fifty-first street, New York, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Domestic Broilers, of which the following isa r they normally inclose.

specification.

My present invention pertains to domestic broilers, the construction and advantages of which" will be hereinafter set forth, reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein: w

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the broiler in its closed condition and shown-as restingon edge in a draining pan; Fig, 2 a. similar-view, the cover plates being shown as opened; and Fig. 3 an end elevation, with the handles of thecovers and grill members omitted.

The object of the present invention is to produce a simple and effective domestic" frame 1 and a plurality of cross bars 2 secured to the opposite side elements of the frame. larged or bulged outwardly at their outer ends, are each connected to the adjacent frame member, and to the cross bars 2, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2, the connections between the various parts or elements being preferably effected byrtwisting the wires about each other, as is usual.

One or more of the cross bars of each frame (preferably the inner and outermost ones) will be bowed outwardly, as at 4:, thereby producing limiting stops for the covers or cover plates 5 and 6, and preventing said plates from coming into contact with the major portion of the grill body and the meat held between the grill elements. Said cover plates are alike in form and are slightly larger in area than the grills which Each plate is provided at its forward end with an inturned wall or flange 7 a similar flange 8 being Bail-shaped handles 3, slightly en- 1 provided at the rear. At one side, or that which may be termed the bottom of the broiler when-it is stood on edge'in draining position, the edge of the plate is carried, in wardly. at substantially right angles and thenturned upwardly and outwardly toward the cover plate, forming a trough 9. At the opposite side the cover or plate is turned inwardly, as at 10, but as will be seen this flange or inturned portion is turned in only to the extent of about 45, or thereabouts, so as to'leave a relatively larger opening between the contiguous elements 10 than between the flanges 7 when the covers are in their closed position, whereby, when the broiler IS in draining position, air Wlll have Ears 11 will be struck out from each plate 'and a handle 12, of the same form as the handles 3, will be securedtherein.

Rings'13, passing through openings in the plates 5 and 6, and through eyes 14 formed in the wires of the frames 1, serve to hold the grills and plates together and to allow them to be readily swung apart when necessary.

A sliding ring 15 will be employed to lock the handles together, and a separate ring, 16, may, if desired, be employed in con junction with the handles 3 alone.

An elongated drain pan, 17, is shown in Figs. 1 and 3, into which the grease from the troughs 9 may run, but the use of such pan is not essential, as the grease may berun 05 onto paper or into any suitable receptacle.

In use the meat to-be broiled is placed between the grill members, after which the covers are closed and the parts locked by ring 15, or rings 15 and 16, as the case may be. The broiler is then laid or held in a fiat position over the fire and turned from time to time. In case the meat should be fat, the broiler will be lifted periodically and turned to a vertical position, whereupon the grease on the inside of the covers will run down into the troughs, from which it will drain into pan 17, or other receptacle.

The cover plates prevent the meat from burning, and likewise prevent, to a very great extent, any grease from getting into the fire.

- that which obtains between the troughs or free passage through such relatively larger 'OPQIllHg.

- wardlyfrom said grills and plates; and a V is flanges extending inwardly from the other The meat, 'may, if desired, be slightly singed after cooking is completed, "to produce that taste or flavor which usually ob-' tains with broiled meat.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: V 1. In a domestic broiler, the combination of a pair of grills; a pair of cover plates, said grills and plates being hingedly connected at one end; handles extending outtrough formed upon one edge of each plate,

' the troughs being oppositely arranged.

2. In a domestiebroiler, the combination.

of a pair of grills;.a pair of cover plates,

said grills and plates being hingedly connected at one end; handles extending out-' Wardly from said members; a trough formed on one edge of each. plate, said troughs being oppositely: arranged; and

edges of the plates.

3. In a domestic broiler, the combination of a pair of grills; a pair of cover plates,

said grills and plates being hingedly con nected at one end; handles extending outwardly from said members; I

troughs being oppositely arranged; and flanges extending inwardly from the other edges of the plates, those flanges which are located opposite the .troughs flaring outcoples of this patent may beobtaine d for v a trough formed on one edge of each plate, said wardly' and thereby forming a relatively large opening for the passage of air.

4. In a domestic broiler, the combination of a pair of grills, each formed of a wire frame and cross bars, one or more of said bars being formed with outwardly-bowed portions; a pair of cover plates, said plates and grills being hingedl'y connected at one end; and means for securing the plates in v closed position, saidbowed portions acting as stops to hold the plates out of contact with the grills. p

. 5. In a domestic broiler, the combination of a pair of grills each formed of a wire "frame and cross bars, a plurality of the bars of each frame being bowed outwardly;

a pairof. cover plates; a trough formed on one edge of each plate, said troughs being oppositely disposed; flanges extending indles to secure the parts in their closed position.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' i CHARLES P. DAVITE.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, I). G. 

